With tenders being floated for shifting electric poles and transformers, widening of the East Coast Road (ECR) from Thiruvanmiyur to Akkarai is picking up pace. The contractors, who win the bids, will get up to three months to complete the work.
The Highways Department is dismantling structures on properties that have been acquired in Kottivakkam, Palavakkam and Sholinganallur.
“Once the buildings are removed, the contractors will construct storm-water drains on these stretches. In places where the buildings have been removed, drain construction work is under way,” said a source. A few trees along the road have to be removed.
